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Truthly is a Catholic learning platform. Its primary feature is an AI tool grounded in the truth of the Catholic faith.

It helps you ask questions — about faith, life, morality, relationships, purpose, culture, current events, productivity, or anything else — and get answers rooted in the Catholic intellectual and moral tradition.

Truthly is a starting point for seeking truth, not a replacement for deep study, trained experts, the pastors and spiritual directors who walk with you, or the sacramental life of the Church. Instead, it points people toward those things by helping them understand the faith — the kind of understanding that is meant to be lived, not just learned.

Truthly is also more than AI. We offer tools to help you find Mass and confession nearby, read the Bible with daily readings and verse-by-verse insights, engage daily Catholic content, and take in-depth courses on Catholic teaching.

AI is quickly becoming the place people go to search, learn, plan, and understand the world — but most tools are not grounded in a Catholic view of reality.

Truthly gives you a way to learn the Catholic perspective on everything — faith, work, culture, parenting, news, relationships, productivity, and the random question that shows up at 11:47 p.m.

We’re here to help you seek boldly, live intentionally, and share confidently. 🔥

Learn more: How Is Truthly Different?

Truthly’s AI tool is grounded in the three pillars of Catholic authority — Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium — and designed in a way that reflects and promotes the truth about the human person and human flourishing.

Truthly currently uses large language models (LLMs) from Anthropic and OpenAI. We aren’t tied to any single provider, and we continuously evaluate which models best serve our users in fidelity to Church teaching, so the models we use can change over time.

What makes Truthly Catholic is not the LLM itself. It's the safeguards, the grounding in authoritative sources, the review process, and the foundational commitment that Catholic teaching is true — not one perspective among many.

Yes. Truthly is built to help people bring a Catholic perspective into everything.

That includes questions about faith and morals, but also culture, work, parenting, relationships, current events, productivity, decision-making, and everyday life.

Not every question someone has is explicitly religious. But every question can be approached with a view of reality shaped by truth, goodness, beauty, human dignity, and the Catholic faith.

A lot — and we are just getting started. 🔥

You can learn more about Truthly’s features here: Truthly’s Features.

And yes, we are building more than just AI tools. Truthly is becoming a place to learn, seek, grow, and bring the Catholic perspective into everyday life. 🕊️

No. Truthly cannot absolve sins, confer grace, replace deep study, or provide spiritual accompaniment.

It delivers information about the faith and points people toward the sacraments, prayer, Scripture, community, and the pastors and spiritual directors who can walk with them.

Truthly is a door, not a destination.

Yes. Like all AI tools, Truthly can produce answers that are incomplete, inaccurate, or poorly framed. Treat it as a helpful tool, not an infallible authority, and double-check important answers.

If you see a bad answer, please report it with the thumbs-down button or send us a message here.

Truthly is designed to distinguish between settled Church teaching and areas where faithful Catholics may reasonably disagree. That means it treats dogma, doctrine, discipline, prudential judgment, liturgical law, custom, theological opinion, and historical or empirical claims differently.

Yes — come on in. 👋

Truthly is built from the heart of the Catholic Church, but it is for anyone seeking truth: Catholics, Protestants, people in OCIA, skeptics, seekers, the spiritually curious, and the “I have a question but I’m not sure who to ask” crowd.

You do not have to be Catholic to use Truthly. Just know the answers are given through a Catholic lens — rooted in Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium.

By design, Truthly rejects relativism, is built to point people toward real relationships rather than simulate them, measures success by a test Pope Leo draws from Pope St. John Paul II — whether it makes human life “more human” — and reflects a Catholic understanding of the human person. It treats AI as a valuable but limited tool that requires vigilance.

These design choices reflect the encyclical's call for wise architects who serve the common good.

We discuss Magnifica Humanitas in depth in A Catholic Framework for AI.

Used well, AI is a supplement, not a replacement. A tool can complement a capability you already have, but it cannot create one you never developed. So the order matters: build your own capacities — reading, reasoning, praying, sitting with hard questions — and then use the tool to assist your thinking. That's the posture Truthly is built to encourage. It can provide information, sources, and arguments that give your intellect more to work with.

When a question calls for more than information, Truthly is designed to point users toward a priest, spiritual director, or Catholic counselor.

Current AI systems use significant energy and water. But consumption varies considerably by task type. The International Energy Agency estimates that simple text queries now typically consume less electricity than running a television for the same length of time. Other uses are more demanding — generating high-resolution images may require ten times more energy, and video generation hundreds to thousands of times more. That is part of why Truthly focuses on text-based learning and formation rather than high-consumption features. We’re committed to using AI with restraint and purpose, and to choosing the most efficient tools that do the job well.

Truthly is designed not to produce sexually explicit content or material contrary to Catholic moral teaching.

Truthly currently has two plans. Both include a 7-day free trial.

Truthly Pro — $6.99/month or $39.99/year

Truthly Pro+ — $17.99/month or $149.99/year

See more here.

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You can gift someone 6 months or 12 months of Truthly here: Gift Truthly.

Great for a friend in OCIA, your Catholic-curious friend, your family member who asks “wait, where is that in the Bible?” during dinner, or literally anyone who could use faithful Catholic perspective in their pocket. 📱

Yes. Forever. As it should be. ⛪️

Priests, deacons, seminarians, and religious can get lifetime free access to Truthly here: Free Access for Clergy & Religious.

To our priests: thank you for giving your life so that we may have His.

And to every deacon, seminarian, religious sister, brother, and consecrated soul serving the Church — thank you. We are honored to support you in even a small way.

We will gift you access.

We never want cost to be the reason someone cannot use Truthly. If you cannot afford it, please reach out to us here.

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More of a phone person? Truthly is also available on the App Store and Google Play 📱 — so you can bring Catholic perspective, formation, and a little holy clarity with you wherever you go! 🕊️

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Truthly offers programs for parishes, schools, dioceses, universities, ministries, apostolates, and organizations looking to bring faithful Catholic AI to the people they serve.

You can learn more and book a call with our team here: Partnerships.

Questions? Partnerships? Press? Just want to say hi? We’re listening. 👋

Send us a message here.

Already a Truthly customer and need help with your account, subscription, or something else? Reach out here and our team will help you out. 📬

Privacy is a priority for us. Truthly does not sell user data, use conversations to train AI models, or share personal information with advertisers.

No. Truthly can provide information about general Catholic moral principles, but it does not replace a pastor, spiritual director, confessor, doctor, lawyer, financial advisor, or counselor.

For important decisions, get appropriate consultation.

And if someone is in immediate danger or may harm themselves or others, contact emergency services, a crisis hotline, or a trusted person (especially a priest) nearby right away. Crisis situations require human intervention.

Great question. Prayer, surrender, an incredible amount of grace, and the very simple belief that technology should help people encounter the truth — not drift from it.

Also a Chick-fil-A drive-through and a decade-long friendship.

We wrote up the full founding story here: Our Story.

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You can learn more about who we are, what we are building, and why we exist on our About page.

Want the origin story too? We wrote that up here.

Right here, legend. 🛒🔥

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Shirts, gear, Catholic energy — all the essentials for looking like you know the truth and have the app to prove it. 📱🕊️

You can read Truthly’s Terms of Service here: Terms of Service.

While Truthly strives to provide accurate and helpful information, it is not a substitute for personal guidance from a priest or spiritual director. Users are encouraged to seek personal pastoral care for specific spiritual and pastoral needs. The information provided is for educational and evangelistic purposes and should be used to support, not replace, professional spiritual advice.

Truthly ensures that all answers adhere to authentic Catholic teaching. Our model is trained and regularly updated using trusted Catholic resources such as the Bible (NAB), the Catechism of the Catholic Church, official Vatican documents, and writings from recognized theologians. This guarantees that users receive accurate and faithful responses consistent with the Magisterium of the Church.

The cost of the Truthly app includes a subscription fee of $30 per year or $4.99 per month. A portion of these fees goes towards platform fees, charitable donations, and corporate taxes. The remaining funds are dedicated to ongoing development and improvement of the app to ensure the best possible user experience and value.

We’re excited to share some of the key features currently in development to enhance your experience with Truthly. First, you will soon be able to reset the chat, allowing you to start fresh conversations whenever you need, helping you manage your discussions and keep them relevant to your current needs. Additionally, we are introducing the ability to view and search through your chat history, making it easier to revisit previous conversations, find specific answers, and track your learning journey. Lastly, you will soon be able to share insights, inspirations, and responses from Truthly directly to your social media platforms, helping you spread the message and engage with your community more effectively. All these features are currently in development.

Truthly offers free lifetime access to all those with a vocation to religious life. To redeem your free subscription, please email us at support@truthly.ai with your first name, last name, and the email associated with your account.

When using Truthly, here are some guidelines to enhance your experience. Be specific: When asking questions, provide as much detail as possible for more accurate answers. Explore resources: Use the chat to get doctrinal explanations, scriptural interpretations, church history, and more. Ask for citations: If you’d like citations or additional resources on a particular topic, ask for them. Prompt for language: Ask the chat to respond in the language you prefer by simply specifying the language, and it will accommodate your request. Adjust explanation levels: The chat can provide explanations at any level of complexity. For example, you can ask it to explain a concept in a way that a 5-year-old can understand, or you can ask it to provide additional information and context. Create content: Use the chat to help write plans for spiritual growth, prayers, Catholic blog posts, and social media content. Stay respectful: Engage with the chat in a respectful and charitable manner, reflecting the values of our faith. Share feedback: If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, let us know to help improve the service at support@truthly.ai.

Truthly's content is protected under copyright laws to ensure integrity and accuracy. Users can request citations for any information provided by the chat.

Truthly is the world's first Catholic action app, dedicated to helping Catholics confidently evangelize and share their faith. The app offers on-demand answers to life's toughest questions, daily inspirations and actions, as well as short course to inspire and educate users, empowering them to share their faith with confidence and clarity.